SDP is a good, generic name that gets the point across. While it may not be as interesting as some other potential names, I think it's important that the main center-left party has a straight-to-the point name that doesn't have the potential to alienate its base. We wouldn't want to be called a "Front," for instance.

Personally I prefer to be a party, rather than a union or a block or something.

The problem there is that there is a difference between Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism. The SDP is meant to be a big-tent center-left party that still generally favors a capitalist system. As such, the term "Democratic Socialism" may not sit well with the more capitalist members of the party (such as Overgaard).

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Not to interrupt, but mr Overgaard is right, there is a difference, plus there is already a Democratic Socialist party listed... just not using that name since the Cooperatives is a mildy big tent left-enviro-agrarian outfit.

Personally I prefer to be a party, rather than a union or a block or something.

The problem there is that there is a difference between Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism. The SDP is meant to be a big-tent center-left party that still generally favors a capitalist system. As such, the term "Democratic Socialism" may not sit well with the more capitalist members of the party (such as Overgaard).

Ah, but then party names aren't always what they should be, as Portugal continues to demonstrate.

There isn't really. Generically the two terms mean exactly the same thing; reformist/revisionist/gradualist socialism, adhering to parliamentary norms. In certain specific contexts (namely in Britain between about 1950 and 1990) the two terms have meant something specifically different, of course, but specifics relating to another country aren't relevant to how this party is to be named.

Or you know, given our status (presumably) as the party that freed the nation from British tyranny, we could also go for something off the wall, like: (Antillian) Independence Party or Antillian National Union.

I'd still prefer some variant with Socialist, Social-Democrat,... and so on, but there are alternatives.

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I'm sorry if this comes across as back-slapping, but I think we're doing very well here. We set this party up (in practice anyway) a couple of days ago and already we're having an endless debate about our identity, just like a real social democratic party!